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4 Jgpfnina Wording >tm Bntiriiuc Savannah, (in. TI'ESDAV, JAM ARY 1, IftOl. Registered at the Fo.-tottice in Savannah THE MORM.NCi HEWS Is published every day in the year, and served to subscribers in the city, or sent by mail, at TO cents a month, $4 00 (or six mouths, and SB.OO (or one year. ® THE MORNING NEWS, by mall, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, $1.00; six months, $3.00; one year 16.00. THE WEEKI.Y SEWS, two Issue* a week (Monday and Thursday) by mat), one year, $1.60. Subscriptions payable in advance. Re mit by money order, cheek or registered letter. Currency sent by mall at risk of sender. t Transient advertisements, other th3i special column, local or reading notices, amusements and cheap or want column, 10 cents a line. Fourteen lines or *gate typo—equal to one Inch In depth—ls the standard of measurement. Contract rate* and discounts made known on application at business office. Orders for delivery of the Morning News to either residence or place of business can be made by mall or by tele phone No. 210. Any Irregularity In deliv ery should be immediately reported. Letters and telegrams should be ad dressed ‘MORNING NEWS, Savannah. Ga. EASTERN OFFICE, 23 Park Row, New Yoik city. 11. C. Faulkner, Manager. IKDEX TO SEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meeting*—Confederate Veteran*' Asso ciation; Savannah Lodge, No. 183, R. P. O. Elks; Annual Meeting Stockholders Chatham Bank Special Notices-Interest Notice, The Chatham Bank; Dividend No. 64. The Merchants' Notional Bank of Savannah; Interest Notice, The Citizens' Bank of Savannah: Notice to City <’ourt Jurors; Happy New Year to Our Patrons, M. S. Gardner; A Happy New Year, J a nice J. Joyce; Merchants’ Association to Close Their Stores To-day; Heal Estate Titles, Beckett & Beckett; Notice to Cigarette Dealers, Hampton L. Ferrlll, Ordinary; Notice, Livingston A Israel; Suwanee (Springs Water; Paints and House Paint ing. Savannah Building Supply Company; Dividend No. 28. the National Bank of Savannah; Ship Notice, 1!. I.leberg, Mas ter German Steamship Regina; Discount Notice. B. H. Levy & Bro.; Coupon No. 3, Chattahoochee and Gulf Railroad Com pany; Baker’s Stall 66; No. Convocation of Alpha Lodge; Interest Notice, Savan nah Bunk and Trust Company; Interest Notice, Southern Bank of the State of Georgia; Notice of Closing City Offices; Free Pianola Recital. Ludden & Bales, S M. H.; Savannah Preparatory School; Notice to Bondholders Oglethorpe Lodge, No. 1. I. O. O. F.; A Card, A. M. & C. W. West; Interest Notice, the Ger mania Bank. Business Notices—Franklin Cigars; We Wish to Thank Our Many Customers, R L. Claney & Cos. A Very Happy and Prosperous New Year—'l ne Bee Hive. Amusements Happy New Year Raves at Thunderbolt Park This Afternoon; "l.ost In New York." at the Matinee, and "We Uns of Tennesee,” at Theater To night. I>gal Notices- May Wood vs. Roy Brant Wood, Libel for Divorce; Applica tion to Sell Property of Dora Smith. De ceased; Citations of Clerk of Court of Or dinary. Financial—Savannah Bank and Trust Company, Auction Salps—Fine Milch Cow. etc., by 1. D. Igißoche, Auctioneer. Corsets Thomson's "Glove-Fitting" Corsets. A Happy New Year—Lindsay & Morgan. The Armored Cruiser Shoes—Byck Bros. Laundry—E. & W. laiundry. Whisky—Yellow Isabel Whisky; Murray Hill Club Whisky. Cheroots—Old Virginia Cheroots. Medical—Teminina; Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Pills; Hood's Sarsaparilla; Cas carets; Castoria; World's Dispensary Preparations; Tuft's Pills; Mother’s Friend; Dr. Hathaway Company; Pyra mid Pile Cure. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Wanted, Employment Wanted: For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous. The Weather. The indications for Georgia to-day are for fair wenther, but much colder; ■ cold wave at night; fresh northwesterly winds; and for Eastern Florida, fair weather, much colder in northern and central por tion. probably freezing temperature at night In extreme northern itortlon. and heavy frosts In central portion; winds be coming fresh northerly. Does it feel more advanced to be a twen tieth century person than a nineteenth? Exports of Southern pig Iron for the year Just past will break the record by upward of 15,000 tons, and will be 65.000 tons greater than last year. It seems after all that Editor Harms worth'e success is largely due lo the In spiration he has received from his wife. When a wife determines that her hus band shall get ahead in the world and sets herself to the task of helping him he la pretty certain to succeed, If he has anything at all in him. 4 1 • 1 The Duke und Duchess of Manchester continue to receive the devoted atten tions of Cincinnati. They were taken down to the police court the other day, where the Duke was requested to give his expert opinion as to whether or not a puppy’s tall should lie cut off If the puppy was designed for a fashionable life, and the Duchess was presented with a pistol with whl"h one drunken woman had murdered another. Cincinnati cer tainly knows how to entertain! Mr. Nikola Tesla, the electrical expert, make* his how to the new century, and says he will shortly surprise It with an outline and description of u new selentllle discovery which will open a vast field. It touches, he says, on scientific points that have hitherto been deennd Inaccessible. Tlie discovery, he further says. Is one of the most startling and lmporiant tnat has ever been mude known In connection with electricity. Mr. Tesla always has some thing up his sleeve with which to aston ish the native*, but somehow or other he CineraUy keeps it thcie. mot. We see to-day what few persons living ever saw before, and few now alive will see again—the beginning of anew cen tury. The event Is suggestive of many serious thoughts. The most wonderful era of the world's history in material and educational development Is embraced in the century which came to an end at midnight last night. The human race is now upon a higher plane than was eve before occupied by It, notwithstanding che croaklngs of those who lament the passing of the "good old times," times indeed when courts were crude and lib erty was jeopardized by blue laws; when school houses were few and far between and superstition often masqueraded as re ligion; when liooks and newspapers were scarce and dear, nd only the rich might enjoy literature; when n day’s Journey was thirty miles; when the tallow dip was practically the only means of illu mination, and men claimed It as a per sonal privilege to beat their wives. Is there any sane person who would turn hack the wheels of time one hundred years, in older that the "good old days” might be restored? We do not believe it. Still, looking back from the twentieth upon the nineteenth century, there can be no quarrel with it. There were both parlous and dull times during the first half of it. Advancement was slow. Old customs were deep-rooted, and were to be thrown off only with difficulty. But in the first half of the century the foun dation was laid for the marvelous spurt of advancement and enlightenment that characterized the second half. With the development of the steam engine and Us c.daptation to transportation ami manu facturing. the real transformation to modern life began. It may, indeed, he claimed that (he steam engine was the greatest developer of the century. Its benefactions have been innumerable. During recent years It has been powerfully aided by the electric dynamo- and motor; but it will probably remain for the new century to bring the new servant of man, electricity, lo its Highest state of effi ciency. No more valuable legacy comes to the new century from the old than ap plied electricity, with its manifold and multiplying uses. It is not within the scope of this article, of course, to nole specifically the ad vancement accomplished in arts and sciences during the past hundred years. It must suffice to remark upon conditions as they exist, to characterize the last fifty years as the (lower of the period, and leave the reader to go hack In retrospect over the century for details that may bo wanted. From a weak little union of states along the Atlantic coast, we have now become one of the greatest and richest nations of the earth. We are the gran ary of the world, and are so wealthy that we have money to lend to Europe. From a debtor nation we have become a cred itor, and from an instgnirleant little gov ernment we have become a World Power, courted and feared by all of our contem poraries. And our prestige is growing every day. We have entered the new e-ntury with hope, courage and brilliant prospects. The two last sentences in the foregoing paragraph may he applied with equal force and truthfulness to our beloved state of Georgia and city of Savannah as lo the nation. Notwithstanding the vicis situdes of war, and the horrors of hostile Invasion, the state and the city find them selves at the beginning of the new cen tury in impregnable positions. They have become populous and prosperous, and have every reason to look forward to the new cycle with the utmost confidence. During the hundred years past Savannah has risen from a small settlement of a few thousand people to the position of leading scajort of the South Atlantic, and one of the great seaports of the world. In many articles of commerce she stands among the very first markets and |>orts of the United States. While making splendid progress in trade, ihe aesthetic side of her nature has not been neglected. She is a student and patron of the ants and sciences, and her culture and beauty are proverbial. She Is a city to love and be proud of. May she grow In the graces and In riches steadily dur ing the next hundred years! It should be the pleasure of every Savanuulilan to do whatever Is possible towards the realiza tion of 'that wish, by giving her good gov ernment and loyal and unseltish support. V LONGER PRESIDENTIAL TERM. A question that will receive considerable attention at the very beginning of the iwentieth century is that of making the presidential term longer. In an article in the New York World ex-Prestdent Cleve land points out some of the objections to the present term, and to the method of electing the President. The method is objectionable because it is possible for the populur will to be defeated—a minor ity of Ihe voters could elect the President. It would he extremely difficult for a mi nority President to exert a good influ ence upon legislation. It will be recalled that Mr. Hayes was constantly confront ed with the charge that he had not been elected. He received a majority of the electoral votes, but It was not generally believed that all of the electors who cast their votes for him were legally elected. Pretty much the same feeling would be shown 10 a minority President as was ex hibited towards 111. Hayes. Mr. Cleveland polnits out that two of (he sessions of Congress during a presi dential term are so short that there Is only time to pas* the appropriation hills, and that of the other two one Is at the beginning of the presidential term, and the President Is new to hts position and is overwhelmed with the importunities of office-seekers, and therefore has hut lit tle time to give to the interests of (lie country. The other Is at a time w hen the President and his cabinet and Ills party are greatly disturbed by the approaching presidential and congressional campaign. They are afraid lo act boldly, and hi all cases do what seems best for the country for fear of Kiting an advantage to the op position. Another great objection is that elections are too frequent. Business and other in terests are greatly disturbed by them. As a rule a presidential election year is not a good business year. Last year was an exception, and It la said that exceptions prove the rule. It has long lieen the contention of some of our ablest thinkers that a six years' term without the privilege of a second term wouid be far better for the country than the four years’ term. The four years' term answered very we'J when the country was small und sparsely populated, THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. JANUARY 1, 11)01. but now vast Interests are greatly disturb ed by a presidential election. A change In the presidential terms can not be brought about In a day. It will take years to aeeompllsh It. If It can be accomplished at all. But whether accom plished or not. It Is certain to lie one of the things which will receive a great amount of attention during the first years of the new century. \ TWENTIETH CBNTI'HY PROBLEM. A problem that confronts this country at the beginning of the twentieth century Is how to allay the discontent of the masses arising from the possession of enormous fortunes by the few, and how to compel the rich to bear their just t>or tlon of the burdens of government. This dlsrtontent has not become very pro nounced as yet, but there are increasing signs of it. The existence of it was the foundation of much that was said In the last presidential campaign. A few days ago ex-Mayor Hewitt, of New York, com plained that the rich were growing more selfish as they grew richer, and that they were not nearly so ready to assist the poor as had been the rich men of a gen eration or so ago. As the great fortunes have become greater the poverty of the poor of the great cities has la-come more pronounced. How long will It be before Ihe discontent of the toilers will reach a point inhere the ballot will be used in a war on wealth? It may be pointed out that In England the rich have gone on accumulating wealth for centuries while )>overty has been acute without provoking any great antagonism to the rich, but there has never been in England such rapid accu mulation of wealth as there has been In recent years in this country. Science has unlocked Ihe treasure house of nature and Ihe number of millionaires has in creased rapidly. And they are combining their capital and increasing their millions. At the same time they are not, as a rule, using a fair share of their wealth to ben efit their fellow men. On the Contrary, (hey refuse to bear their share of Ihe burdens of government or to use their wealth to better the condition of those who are honestly struggling in adversity. The gap between the great fortunes and extreme poverty will grow wider unless something is done to prevent it, and as It grows wider the sounds of discontent will become more distinct. How to make the rich bear the bur dens of government in proportion to their wealth and induce them to discharge ob ligations they owe to society is a problem that is uwajtlng solution. Its importance is not being overestimated by those who are calling attention to it. It is a prob lem that cannot tie put aside. It will have to be solved, and with each year of the new century the necessity for its solu tion will become more imperative. LENGTHENING LIFE. The eminent FrencJ* scientist Metic-hi koff, in an article in the World, holds out the hope that by Ihe end of the twen tieth century science may have made such progress that the average life of man will be one hundred years or more—that at one hundred years of age a man may be as strong and healthy ns a man of fifty is now. He points out that in 1790 the average age of mail was thirty years. By 1850, owing to an increase in the knowledge of med icine and the laws of health the average had Increased to thirty-two years. In 1885 it had increased to thirty-five years, and it is now believed to be thirty-seven In the most favored sections of Europe and this country. Thus it will, he s£en that the average age of man within a century has been increased seven and a half years. Wh it is there in the way of still further in creasing the average? As far as can be seen there Is absolutely nothing. New discoveries are being made all the time which aid physicians in controlling dis eases. Once, smallpox was such a great scourge that big cities were decimated by it. Now it excites very little alarm, except in communities where there are not the proper facilities for treating it and dealing with it. When it makes its appearance In a city it is handled so intelligently that it is soon stamped out. May it not be that the time is not dis tant when consumption will be dealt with as effectively? Even now steps are being taken to prevent Its spread. Consump tives have not the freedom in many ho tels and in sleeping cars they once had, and in most cities spitting on the floors of street cars is prohibited. Yellow fever is receiving the closest attention from the best minds in the med ical profession. In fact, throughout the world, there Is an army of investigators at work seeking the causes of diseases and remedies for them. Discoveries are certain. The theory that the mosquito conveys malaria and the yellow fever germ may not be true, but If it should pro/e not to be, the Invtetigatlons into the causes of malaria und yellow fever will not cease. Typhoid fever and diphtheria are now treated so successfully that the percentage of deaths from them is much smaller than it was a few years ago There is reason for thinking that In the course of tills century the true causes of most tliseases will be found, and that there wlil be remedies for them. And it is certain that nowadays men and women do not become old us soon as they did a half century ago. and ihey do not have the appearance of old age so early in life. A man who usee the knowl edge for oaring for himself that is with in his reach is almost as young looking at flfty-ltve as men were at thirty-live at (he beginning of me nineteenth century. The thought that Menchlkoff throws out therefore, that by the end of this cen tury the aVerngc life of man may be one hundred year*. does not seem to be so unreasonable. Acting upon the advice of Mr. Bryan, the \V. J. Bryan Association of Cleve land. 0.. has changed Its name to the Cuyahoga Association of Democratic Clubs. Writing with respect to clubs which beir Ids name, Mr. Bryan says: "I think It is better that they should drop my name In order that no mistakes that I may make may embarrass the cause in which we are all enlisted.” Incident ally he again remarks (hat "circum stances will determine who should lead the next tight." It is estimated that on Jail. 2 there will be distributed In all of the financial cen ters of the country not less than $175,000.- 000 In dividends and Interest. This i< $10,060,000 above the "fabulous" figures of the dlstiibutlon of last year, and shows that (his, the most prosperous country In the world, was never go prosperous before. •Samuel McDonald, who killed Auditor Morris in Washington the other day. and inflicted upon himself woun.hi which have since proved fatal, was the brother of IV. H. McDonald, the opera singer. When Samuel McDonald lay in the hos pital hovering between life and death, he asked that his brother lie sent for. H!s brother s.-emed the only tie that bound him to the earth. His sole interest was in that brother, and it was believed that If the wounded man could see him lie would take some interest in life and may be survive. Urgent telegrams were there fore sent to the einger, relating the cir cumstances. He replied that he could not go to Washington, since two mem bers of the opera company were sick and it was necessary for him to remain with the organization. Upon receiving this in formation his brother collapsed and died. Was the singer's first duty to his brother, or to the organization that pays him a salary? In an address at the laying of the Cor ner stone of the Cornwell Medical College in New York City last Saturday Gov. Roosevelt said: “Great fortunes are ac cumulating because of conditions that ob tain under our national life. We have the moral right to demand that great for tunes shall be used for good.” The col lege is the gift of Col. Oliver H. Payne. He seems to be one of the rich men who is willing to devote a part of his income to doing good. If a few rich men set the example of using their wealth for the benefit of others there may be better quar ters for the extremely poor in our great Cities before this century has advanced very far, and the number of opportunities of Ihe poor for getting more happiness out of life may lie greatly increased. Is the new century to give us the long sought "elixir of life?" Following the declaration of the Chicago doctors that they have discovered that it is salt that makes the heart beat, there comes the as sertion by a St. Joseph (Mo.) electrician that he has succeeded in restoring life to a cat that had been shocked to death, by reversing the current, and an interview with a Paris doctor in which he states that he has found glyoero-phosphate of soda to be a most effective stimulant of the heart. There isn't much reason to hope for the discovery of (he secret of perpetual youth, or the philosopher’s stone, even in this new century, which is destined to be marked with great achievements. Many good resolutions made to-day will be in the seer and yellow leaf before either the year or the century have grown old. PERSON IL. —Rudyard Kipling says his second trip to South Africa is made simply for rest. "I hope.” be said, "to return with my wife and two daughters early in May. I propose traveling extensively in all phases of the closing scenes of the war. but as a spectator only. I have no intention of writing a book on what I see. I am go ing out simply for a good loafing spell.” —Congressman Roberts, in connection with h!s work as a committeeman, re cently discovered a forgotten room in the Capitol, back of Statuary Hall. It was full of old liooks. a*id during the Civil War was used as a hospital. An old stove and some cleft wood were found, just as they were left over Thirty years ago. A soldier's coat, full of dust and moth-eaten, hung on the gas jet. The air was stifling gind the lock on the door had almost rust ed off. —The death of the Hon. David Carnegie, in West Africa, from a wound of a poi soned arrow, is a distinct loss to science, says the New York Post. Although only 30 years of age. this young gentleman was already known as a distinguished explorer. He conducted explorations into Central Australia in 1898-9, and expend to be able to make in the course of me next few years some valuable discoveries in West Africa, where he was assistant resident commissioner. —One of the many picturesque and in teresting incidents of the Holy Year was the recent reception by Leo XIII of Donna Carolina Taoturelli, an aged lady from Perugia, who attained her hundred and first year early in January last. On ac count of her great age the Pontiff granted her a private audience. Much to his sur prise, Donna Carolina reminded him that they first met In her late husband's house in 185*1, "fifty years ago,” and, added she, "We were neither of us very young then.” The Pope, who is only nine years her ju nior, was greatly amused. Cl It It ENT COMMENT. The Chicago Tribune (Rep.) says: "The statistics of homicide in the United States for 1900 are not encouraging. From 1895 to 1899 there was a steady decrease year by year, the totals falling from 10.500 to 6,225, but this year the report shows a total of 8.275, an Increase over last year of 2,050. If next year the figures increase propor tionately the first year of the new cen tury will tie as largely marked by crime ns was 1893. Prom the present outlook the Indications aie that the record of the com ing year will be even darker, for human life was never held cheaper than at the present time, and hanging and lynching make little Impression. Rudyard Kipling was not far out of the way when he said that murder was the nationu! crime of the United States. ' The New Orleans Picayune (Dem.), dis cussing the status of the Democratic party, says: “Of course, the radical chiefs will not consent to return to the old party principles, but they will go off and flock with the other socialists, whjle those who have been radical for personal advantage, but have failed, will quickly return to the bosom of the party, and. under able leadeis, It will lie possible, aided by the ►mistakes of the Republicans, lo organize Democratic victory. There con be no re organization of the Democratic party, un less li shall lie effected ill 1901 by the na tional convention. There Is no power anywhere that car. anticipate the action of that convention.” The Philadelphia Record (Dem.) rays; "With rare perspicacity a Chicago grand Jury has declined to Indict certain derelict city officials, 1 • whose iktor is laid re sponsibility for i "wide open town," on the ground that even should Indicant lit. be returned no convictions wouid ensue. Wh'-e officio! law-breaking represents un (its hacked up by prevailing public sen timent it must l>e difficult, Indeed, to se cure honest enforcement of repressive or dinances, yet" the attempt might wel! be made 111 Chicago, where original and un conventional methods ure familiar in lo cal administration." The Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.) says: "It may be that those good people are right who contend that the way to solve the Chinese problem is to Chrl-tlan izr the Chinese. There would be pocie fitness 111 ibis, as the pre.-ent Chinese prob.tro Is due lo partial Christianization of the Chinese. It wl 1 h remembered that the way the mail who Jainned Into! the bramble hash cuied himself was lu ; Jump back again." 1 Lucky Shot of Hark*! Second. Now that Mark Twain has come back to the United Stales to stay, his oil friends out West are telling come new stories of his experiences in that coun try in the '66s. One of (he most amusing Is an account of Mark's famous duel at Virginia City, the details of which have never before been printed, relates (he Chicago Tribune. Mr. Clements was then working as a reporter on the Territorial Enterprise, the leading newspaper of Vir ginia City. One duy there came to the town a Miss Wheeler, a beautiful young woman, with whom the entire male population of Vir ginia City promptly proceeded to fall In love. One of the most prominent men of the town was Judge Baldwin, a fite-eat lng Virginian, who was nearly 80 years old. Mark Twain saw Miss Wheeler, In bridal attire, walk into the International Hotel one afternoon with Judge Baldwin, end jumped 4o the conclusion that she was going to marry the old man. He said so in his paper, and comforted the other nan of Virginia City by saying that tile "oridegroom already had one foot in the grave, with the other a close second.” Judge Baldwin challenged him to a duel. Pistols were ehoeen as the weapons, though the Judge was a good shot, and Mark knew nothing about firearms. On the appointed morning Mark and his sec ond, "Steve" Gillis. a dead shot, were early on the scene. GBlis was trying the revolver, and finally fired et a robin, fully 59 feet distant. His bullet took the bird'* head off. and he went forward 'to pick up the body, after handing the revolver (o Mark Twain. Just as Gillis picked up the decapitated bird, Judge Baldwin and his party came over the top of u little hill and saw him.. They looked first at Gillis holding the headless bird and then at Twain holding the smoking pistol. "Thai was a good shot,” saitl one ol Baldwin's seconds. “Yes," answered Gillis; "I doubt if there is as good a shot in the country as Mark.” Immediately Baldwin’s seconds proposed a compromise. ,An apology from Judge Baldwin was promptly accepted. "Steve,” said Mark Twain, as they Walked home together, "poor cock robin was the only one that got hurt in that duel.” I Story of Lew Wallace. Cyrus Townsend Brady relatee n "American Fights and Fighters" the fol lowing anecdote of Gen. Lew Wallace: "While Minister of the United States to Turkey, Gen. Wallace was seated with some English friends looking over the Golden Horn. A llitle boat flying the English flag crossed their field of vision. 'There,' said his friend, reflectively, ‘is a flag which has never been surren dered by a general at the head of an army on a field of battle to a foreign foe. ’ “ 'You are mistaken.' said Wallace, quietly, 'I recall two instances.’ " 'What are they?' "Saratoga and Yorktown!’ 'Oh.' said the Englishman, quickly, you are our people. They do nor count.’ “But they did count, nevertheless, very highly; for Sir Edward Creasy, the dis tinguished historian, includes Saratogi. wilh Marathon, Arbeia Tours Blenheim Waterloo, and the others, among the fif teen decisive battles of the world! Fred erick the Great, trained, experienced sol dier and statesman that he was, had seen the importance and value or Ttenton and Princeton. The most ignorant ancl the skeptical could read the lesson of Sara toga. It wrote in large letters the prophe cy of the ultimate success of the Amer ican cause, brought about the open alli ance with France, and paved the way for Yorktown.” t ss tisnerslile Argument. Dr. D. B. Hill, who lived in Springfield, 111., from 1836 to 1843, tells tills character istic story of Abraham Lincoln, says the Argonaut, with whom he was personally acquainted. ''(>qco Lincoln was defending a man who was accused or cheating an other man in a business deal. Lincoln was arguing before the jury that his client had no intention to defraud when the trans action occurred; in fact, that he never thought he was cheating the man. “Pointing his finger at Judge Logan, his partner; Lincoln said: 'Any boy you meet in the street knows how to put on his clothes. You all know that Judge Logar. is learned in the law, and nobody would accuse him of dcing wrong. You will ob serve he has his shirt on with the wrong side in front. Now, the Judge never in tended to do that when lie put his shirt on. You see, people do wrong without in tending to do so. If my client has done anything wrong, he never intended to do* so any more than Judge Lagon intended to put on his shirt, with the back side in f; or.t.’ "Sure enough, Judge Logan had his shirt on wrong, and the use Lincoln made of his partner's mistake in dress caused his client to get off free." Duvln* Odd Accident. The late Senator Davis was totally blind in one eye, says the Washington Tost. It was a defect which was scarcely to be detected even at very close range, and the droop of the eye merely hightened the Senator's marked resemblance to Gen. Ben Butler. The manner in which the s'ght of the eye was destroyed was so singular that it is worth telling as a warning to other enthusiastic iiolitieians. it happened that during a campaign more than ten years ago Senator Davis addressed a crowd in the great ha!l of the Market House, which was at that time the largest audience room in St. Paul. Directly in front of the speaker's stand and only a few feet away from Mr. Davis’ face hung a large elec tric light. The Senator was so engrossed m his argument that lie scarcely noticed the pain the glare of the light upon his unprotected eye-balls caused him. and for nearly three hours lit continued his ad dress without changing his position. A day or so l iter sharp pains began ill me eye. and hi spite of the efforts of the oculists tlie sight of it was lost and never regained. Foreigners Beware. The case was one of assault, ond the magistrate, fearing that H might be the beginning of another outbreak of Hooli ganism. was inclined to be severe, says London Answers. “For the second 'time," he said, address ing the prisoner, “'yon are charged with assaulting your neighbor. The evidence shots- ih.it you deliberately aud without any apparent cause whatever, struck the complainant with your clenched list." "Faith, yer honor.” cried I’at, "if Ol did he sthruclt tne back agin!" "Bm he only did so in self-defense." said the judge. "An' what about me?" usked Pat. “All aliout you." answered the judge, "is that you are found guilty and must therefore keep the peace toward all Her Majesty's subjects for twelve months." “Well, then." roared Pat. as he left the court, “heaven help the first forriner Ol meet!' Ignorance That Pays. The news gland man is prot-ably the only dealer who makes it a (ioiiit to know noihlng aliout his goods, says ihe Now York Sun. Ask him for any publication you want and he wlil hand it out if It la' in his slock. If you ask him If it con tains a ci i tali! article Iff* is not able or willing to toll you. One down In Wal. slieet. who was asked about this, shrug ged his shoulders and replied: "1 don't know. You buy ii und find out. If 1 knew It did not con lain what you want anil said so I would lose ti sale. And •si It would lie with anything but ,i news paper. and I do not lead ihat until even ing.” "Is this a cuS'Om In yobr business?" "It Is with those who undeistund .thfli business," nut the reply. ITEMS OF INTEREST. —Stored away In the vaults of New York banks ia $150,000,000, estimated by bankers as the amount required to meet disbursements during' January. On the first day of the business year the actual paying out of this great mm will com mence. Bankers have been preparing for it for some time, and the bulk of the money will go for the payment of divi dends and coupons. Temporarily there will be a stringency in the money mar ket. The transfer of $150,000,000 is not such a simple thing even for the big Institu tions of this great city. —At a recent meeting of the Lafayette Memorial Commission in Washington, at the office of Controller Dawes, it appeared from the report of the secretary of the commission mat a considerable surplus over the amount already expended and the liabilities to be incurred for final com pletion of the monument would be helJ by the commission. The amount of funds in sight, counting the premium of the un sold Lafayette dollars, approximates $3,500. whiclg by a small addition, would enable the commission to erect in Washington a replica of the monument in all its de tails. —Every one of the bonds of the groat Carnegie Steei Company—and there are $100,600,000 worih of them—bears a line steel engraving of Carnegie. The coupon clippers of coming generations will have a manor.- to gaze on his smiling face at percepuole intervals, and they are rea sonably sure to call him blessed. The entire Issue of $160,000,000 is divided into series, a group of 2.000 of the denomina tion of $20,000 each for the very rich, an other group of 4.000 of a denomination of $10,060 each for those a little less so, B*llll another group of 8,000 of a demonination of $.1,000 for those who are moderately rich, and finally a group of 40.000 of a de nomination of SI,OOO each for the little fellows. A Bayonne (N. J.) dispatch says: Wil liam A. Eddy, at 5 o’clock to-day, meas ured by means of his kites the altiiud of the thousands of wild ducks which were flying southward along the coast. The average hight of the flying ducks w.is found to lie 1,500 feet. They passed across the cross-wire space of Mr. Ed dy's kites in about three seconds. This time was taken repeatedly, and twenty observations confirmed the speed travel ed. It was found that the ducks were traveling very nearly forty-seven and one half miles an hour. Although the kite** were up but 500 feet, the ducks appeared to be atraid of them, and repeatedly great flocks steered off to one side or the other as they approached the point where the kites were. Mr. Eddy had aloft two nine foot and two seven-foot kites. On Dec. 20 Mr. Eddly, by means of his kites, found that the -cirrus clouds were travel ing at the rate of 173 miles an hour, which is the highest velocity yet recorded here. —A highly ingenious apparatus for dis charging an electric line of high pressure electrostatic discharges, or those due to lightning, has recently been tested with satisfactory results on several trolley lines during thunder and lightning storms, says Electricity, ft consists simply of a glass tube about a foot long, filled with small shot. The shot is treated chemically before used to give it a light coating of lead carbonate, which is an indifferent conductor. The tube Is provided with me tallic ends and is eer.r- I cted in series with a spark gap between the line to be pro tected and the ground. To the rapid oscil lating current of high pressure induced 0:1 the line by lightning the tube of shot offers practically no resistance, and ‘.he discharge goes to earth. To the heavy trolley current which at once begins to follow along the path made by the light ning discharge the resistance of the shot is enormous, and tlie current is at once broken. This action is very s'milar to that of the coherer, or tube of metallic filings, used in wireless telegraphy. —A white leghorn rooster escaped from a wagon in South Water street one af 'ternoon recently, and furnished fun for crowds of people on Clark street and Dear born street bridges, says the Chicago Chronicle. He ran the gauntlet of more than half a hundred chicken hooks, and finally triumphantly floated down the river on a cake of ice, crowing defiance to his pursuers. The rooster got away from William Gordon, a teamsler. and when a chicken gets free in South Waters street the commission business of Chicago drops everything and joins in the chase, lie escaped every snare until forced out on the Clark street bridge, and then flew -down to Ihe center pier, and from there to the ice between the piles. After climb ing around on the center pier for tn minutes with a long chicken hook in his hand, Gordon scared the rooster, and he flew lo a block of ice that was floating down (he river. Then suggestions from the crowd on the bridge ceased. The white leghorn shook himself and crew long and lustily, and. as he swept toward Lockport, the crowd cheered for the only chicken that has escaped from South Wa ler street this year. —Typhoid fever seems to have become epidemic in the Crimea, for the children of the Czar’s eldest sister, the Grand Duchess Xenia, ore now suffering from it. The young Grand Duchess, who is a particular favorite of her brother, the Emperor, is married to that Grand Duke Alexander, who was in this country a the time of the Columbian celebration as lieutenant of one of the Muscovite war ships taking part in (he celebration. Al though the Crimea is so beautiful in its scenery, and is possessed of much the same climate as he French and Italian Riviera, yet it has always been unlucky to the reigning house of Russia. The late Czar died there. So. too. did Alexander I. under circumstances still shrouded in mystery, while the death of Emperor Nicholas I was undoubtedly due to his distress and mortification in connection with the invasion of the Crimea. Peter the Great met with hts most serious re verses in the Crimea, and. indeed, in ev ery reign the Crimea figures In one man ner or another fatefully to the reigning house of Russia. Throughout the entire time of the Czar’s illness his wife, deter mined to preserve her three little ones from all danger of ccn agion. separated herself from them. Their abode was transferred to an adjoining villa, and ev ery clay when it did not rain they were brought under the Czarina's window so that she might wave a greeting to them and assure herself with her own eye* that they were well and happy. —lt is hurd to tell just where the Christ mas tree came from; many lands have claimed it. and not without rebson. al though it Is now generally granted that to Germany belongs ib-' honor of its In vention, says the Chicago Chronicle. An I old German legend credits St. Winfiid { with having given the tree Idea to th*' j world. In the midst of a crowd of con certs St.' Witifrid hewed a great onk. which had formerly been the object of their Druidic worshirt. The legenJ re lates: "Then the sole wonder In Win frid's life came to puss. For as the bright blade circled above his head and as the chips of wood flow from the deep ening gash in the body of the tree n whirlwind passed through the forest, it gripped Ihe oak from Its Conn lotions. Backward it fell like u tower, groaning ns It split asunder In four pieces. But Just behind It and unharmed by the ruin stood a younger fir tree pointing a greet) spire toward the stats. Wlnfrid let the ax drop and turned to speak to the peo ple. 'This little tree, a young child of the forest, snail lie your holy tree to night. It is the wood of pence, for your homes are built of the Hr. It Is the sign of nil endless life, for Its leaves are ever 1 green. See how 11 joints upward to heaven. Let this be called the tree ot the Chrlst-chhd; gather about it. not ill the wlldwood, but In your own home-; there It will shelter no deeds of blood, i but ioving gifts and rites of klndncsa.' " I The Quakers Are Honest People. SThe Quaker Herb Tonic is not only a blood purifier, but w Blood Maker for Pale. Weak and De bilitated people who have not (strength nor blood. It acts as a tonic, It regulates digestion, cures dys pepsia and lends strength and tone to the nervous system. It is a medicine for weak women. It is a purely vegetable medicine and can be taken by the most delicate. Kidney Dis eases, Rheumatism and all diseases of the Blood, Stomach and nerves soon succumb to Its wonderful effects upon the human system. Thousands of people In Georgia recommend it. Price SI.OO. QUAKER PAIN BALM Is the medicine that the Quaker Doctor made all of his wonderful quick cures with. It’a anew and wonderful medicine for Neuralgia, Toothache. Backache, Rheumatism, Sprains. Pain In Bowels; in fact, all pain can be relieved by 1L Price 25c and 50c. QUAKER WHITE WONDER SOAP, a medicated soap 'or the skin, scalp add complexion. Price 10c a cake. QUAKER HEALING SALVE, a vege table ointment, for the cure of tetter, ec zema and erujitions of the skin. Pricu 10c a box. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. IT. 51. OF HOPF K'Y AND C. iS. IT SCHEULLK For Isle of Hope, Montgomery, Thunder bolt, Cattle l ark and West End. Daily except Sundays. Subject to chans* without notice. ISLE OF HOPE. Lv. City for 1. of IL| Lv! Isle ot Hop* 6 36 am from Tenth f 00 am forßolton 7 30 am from Tenth | 6 CIO am for Tenth 8 30 am from Tenth | 7 00 am for Tenth 9 16 am from Bo.ton | 8 00 am for Tenth 10 30 am from Tenth |lO 00 am for Tenth 12 00 n’n from T< nth |ll 00 am for Bolton 1 15 pm from B. lton ;11 30 am for Tenth 2 30 pm from Tenth j 2 00 pm for Tenth 330 pm from Tenth | 2 40 pm for Bolton 4 30 pm from Tenth | 3 00 pm for Tenth 5 15 pm from Bolton | 630 pm from Tenth | 4 00 pm for Tenth 6 30 pm from Tenth | 6 00 pm for Tenth 730 pin from Tenth | 7 00 pm for Tenth 830 pm from Tenth | 8 00 pm for Tenth 930 pm from Tenth 960 pm for Tenth 10 30 pm from Tenth |lO 00 pm for Tenth Montgomery! Lv city for Mongh yj Lv. Montgomery " * 30 am from Tenth I7 K ant for Tenth 230 pm from Temfi I 1 15 pm for Tenth 630 pm from Tenth | 6 00 pm for Tenth CATTLE PARK. Lv city for Cift.Park| Lv. Ca.tie~Park~~ 0 30 am from Bolton |*7 00 am forßolton 1 M am from Bolton | 8 u 0 am for Bolton i 00 pm from Bolton | 1 30 pm for Bolton ;• “ u fi* ll r,u m Bolton j3OO pm for Bollon . 00 pm from Boiion j 7 30 pm for Bolton 3 00 pm from Bolton j 8 30 pm for Bolton thunderbolt! Car leaves BoUon street junction 6:30 a. m. and every thirty minutes thereafter until 11 :30d. m. Car leaves Thunderbolt at 6:00 a. m. and every thirty minutes thereafter until 12:00 midnight, for Bolton street junc tion. FREIGHT AND PARCEL CAR. This car carries trailer for passengers on all trips and leaves east side of city market for Isle of Hope, Thunderbolt and all intermediate points at 9:00 a. m. 1.00 p. m., 5:00 p. m. Leaves Isle of Hop,, for Thunderbolt, City Market and all Intermediate points at 6:00 a. m., 11 .-00 a. m , 2:40 p. m. westYndcak Car leaves west side of city market for West End 5:00 a. m. and every 40 minutes thereafter during the day until 11:30 p. m. Leaves West End a 6:20 a. m. and er ery 40 minutes thereafter during the day until 12:00 o’clock midnight. H. M. LOFTON Gen. Manager. Mercdiis S Miners iionsDoriQiion Go Steamship Lines To Baltimore & Philadelphia Tickets on Sale to All Points North and W eat. First-class tickets include meals and berths Savannah to Baltimore and Phila delphia. Accommodations and cuisine unequaled. The steamships of this company are ap pointed to sail from Savannah as follows (Central Standard Time): TO BALTIMORE. CHATHAM, Capt. Easter, TUESDAY, Jan. 1. 2:30 n. m. TEXAS. Capt. Eldredge, THURSDAY, Jan. 3, 4:30 p. m. D. H. MILLER. Capt. Peters, SATUR DAY', Jan. 5, 6:30 p. m. ITASCA, Capt. Billups, TUESDAY, Jan. 8. 8:00 p: m. TO PHILADELPHIA. BERKSHIRE. Capt. Ryan, WEDNES DAY', Jan. 2. 3:30 p. m. ALLEGHANY, Capt. Foster, MONDAY, Jan. 7, 7:30 p. m. BERKSHIRE. Capt. Ryan, FRIDAY, Jan. 11, 10:00 a. m. Ticket Office No. 112 Bull street. J. J. CAROLAN. Agent. NEWCOMB COHEN, Trav. Agt. Savannah. Ga. W. P. TURNER, G. F. A A. D. STEBBINS. A. T. M. 3. C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager. General Offices. Baltimore, Md. Sargent’s Gem Food Chopper Chops jf o o and both cooked and Jfeig / uncooked, Ij/Vu reduces kitchen drudgery, lessens household labor. J/ill 111 r Takes the place eg!syh\ isj of chopping bowl im-M I /}/ and knife;" useful %?!] ' , in preparing all f kinds if dishes. \ \ EdwarJ Lovell's Sots (r-v; \ \ —n. 113 Brmifbton Si., Savannah. MINGLEDOKFI’ & CO. MACHINE BLACKSMITHS AND BOILERMAKERS. Telephone 553, 510 Indian street, Savannah, Ga. Empty Hogsheads. SUaupiy Unlaaata Uo,ihOa fo* C. M. GILBERT & CO.